Definition of "planular" []

• Of or pertaining to a planula: as, planular cilia; the planular stage of an embryo.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Nangi limped toward the high-backed chairs and, as he came round the side, saw that the one nearest him was occupied by a petite but noble-looking woman with pale, translucent skin, planular cheekbones and black, fiery almond eyes."
• "Shell lenticular, thin, diaphanous, imperforate; carina acute and armed with minute spines; whirls six; spire nearly planular; aperture linear, being guarded by a long tooth on the columella; outer lip irregularly thick, angulated near the supe - rior termination ....,"